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Pohjola
Pohjola
See also: pohjola
Finnish
Proper noun
Pohjola
- The Nordic countries
- An important mythical location in the Finnish national epic Kalevala, translated as Northland in the English-language Kalevala. Pohjola is depicted as rival and opponent of Kaleva, the home of the heroes of the epic.
- A Finnish surname.
- Alternative capitalization of pohjola
Declension
| Inflection of Pohjola (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Pohjola | — | |
| genitive | Pohjolan | — | |
| partitive | Pohjolaa | — | |
| illative | Pohjolaan | — | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Pohjola | — | |
| accusative | nom. | Pohjola | — |
| gen. | Pohjolan | ||
| genitive | Pohjolan | — | |
| partitive | Pohjolaa | — | |
| inessive | Pohjolassa | — | |
| elative | Pohjolasta | — | |
| illative | Pohjolaan | — | |
| adessive | Pohjolalla | — | |
| ablative | Pohjolalta | — | |
| allative | Pohjolalle | — | |
| essive | Pohjolana | — | |
| translative | Pohjolaksi | — | |
| instructive | — | — | |
| abessive | Pohjolatta | — | |
| comitative | — | — | |
Synonyms
- (Nordic countries): Pohjoismaat
pohjola
pohjola
See also: Pohjola
Finnish
Noun
pohjola
- the North, especially the Arctic and subarctic regions of the world in general, without reference to any particular place
Declension
| Inflection of pohjola (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pohjola | pohjolat | |
| genitive | pohjolan | pohjoloiden pohjoloitten |
|
| partitive | pohjolaa | pohjoloita | |
| illative | pohjolaan | pohjoloihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pohjola | pohjolat | |
| accusative | nom. | pohjola | pohjolat |
| gen. | pohjolan | ||
| genitive | pohjolan | pohjoloiden pohjoloitten pohjolainrare |
|
| partitive | pohjolaa | pohjoloita | |
| inessive | pohjolassa | pohjoloissa | |
| elative | pohjolasta | pohjoloista | |
| illative | pohjolaan | pohjoloihin | |
| adessive | pohjolalla | pohjoloilla | |
| ablative | pohjolalta | pohjoloilta | |
| allative | pohjolalle | pohjoloille | |
| essive | pohjolana | pohjoloina | |
| translative | pohjolaksi | pohjoloiksi | |
| instructive | — | pohjoloin | |
| abessive | pohjolatta | pohjoloitta | |
| comitative | — | pohjoloineen | |
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Usage notes
- seldom used in plural
- often capitalized, although it is not exactly a placename, except in senses explained in entry Pohjola